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Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health and Civil Protection
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:23.11.2022 08:56:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | AUVMK_053 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivars Vanadziņš | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, avmk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67060816 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, microbiology, physiology, environmental health, internal medicine, neurology is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the course is to learn the theoretical basis of occupational medicine, occupational health and civil protection, as well as practical methods of predicting, identifying, assessing, controlling, preventing or reducing the effects of various risk factors in the working environment on workers’ health, and dealing with emergency situations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of practical classes and placement, assignments, methodological instructions. The Work Ability Index as a tool for assessing workers’ health, survey principles and data collection, evaluation. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 2 | The discipline and tasks of occupational medicine. Occupational pathologies caused by chemicals. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Occupational and Radiation Medicine Centre of P. Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital and operations thereof. National register of persons suffering from an occupational disease and Chernobyl NPP disaster victims. Health problems of Chernobyl NPP disaster responders. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | The specifics of work of young people and women. Effects of occupational factors on reproductive function. Occupational oncological diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Principles of classification and labelling of chemicals and products. REACH principles. Drawing up a safety data sheet. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 6 | Occupational health and hygiene. Legislation on occupational protection. Internal monitoring of the work environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Ergonomic risk factors of the work environment. Work with a computer, impact thereof on the health of employees. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Evaluation of the work environment risk factors in a company. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 9 | The role of toxicology and ecotoxicology in occupational and environmental health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Evaluation of noise and vibration in the work environment. | Classes | 1.00 | laboratory | |||||
| 11 | Mechanical risk factors in the work environment. Accidents at work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Evaluation of chemical risk factors of the work environment, protective equipment. REACH principles. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Physical pollution of the work environment. Effects thereof on workers. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Civil protection and general tasks thereof. Potential disasters in the country and consequences thereof, terrorism and manifestations thereof. General requirements for emergency response. The organisation of the civil protection system in the country and in different institutions. Tasks, rights and obligations of an individual in civil protection. Hazardous objects and specific requirements thereof. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Civil alert and notification systems – in the country and in specific structural units. Action of an individual upon hearing an alarm. Possible personal protective equipment in case of disasters, taking into account the nature of the disaster. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Occupational medicine: occupational diseases, examination and prevention measures thereof; compulsory health examinations | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 17 | Occupational health: health promotion in workplaces | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent learning – creating a project to improve occupational health. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Tests during the course, independent learning – creating a project to improve occupational health; exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successfully completing the study course programme, the student will have a basic knowledge of occupational health, occupational medicine, civil protection and will be able to: • recognise occupational diseases, work-related diseases; • list the risk factors of the work environment – physical risk factors, chemical risk factors, biological risk factors, ergonomic risk factors, psychosocial and organisational risk factors; • recognise the markings of hazardous chemicals; • retell the most important indicators of toxicometry and their role in the substantiation of hygiene standards; • define what ergonomics is, be able to name the types of ergonomics, the main problems that ergonomics deals with; • explain how occupational diseases are diagnosed in Latvia; • describe the procedure for compulsory health examinations in Latvia; • outline preventive measures to avoid health risks, improve workers’ health and prevent occupational diseases; • explain the main tasks of civil protection, individual responsibilities and describe hazardous situations, actions and preventive measures. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successfully completing the study course programme, the student will be able to: • apply key laws and regulations governing occupational protection; • systematise the main principles of occupational protection; • recommending personal protective equipment for workers; • critically analyse and assess risk factors in the work environment; • measure noise levels in the environment, measure lighting in the work environment, measure microclimatic indicators in the environment, measure vibration in the environment, measure electromagnetic fields in the work environment; • apply the main requirements of civil protection when dealing with hazardous situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After successfully completing the study course programme, the student will be able to: • assess changes in the human body associated with exposure to various risk factors in the work environment; • assess a person’s suitability to work under different risk factors; • classify dangerous chemicals; • deal with issues related to health and safety at work; • apply the most important laws and documentation of occupational protection in connection with occupational health and occupational medicine issues; • discuss occupational health and occupational medicine issues within the occupational health team; • assess emergency situations and act accordingly, taking into account the basic principles of civil protection. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. 2. papildinātais izdevums, - Rīga, 2012. – 701 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Darba apstākļi un riski Latvijā. - Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2012.-2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Darba apstākļi un veselība darbā. – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. – 163 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Darba drošība. – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. – 278 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Darba higiēna. - Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. – 180 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ergonomika darbā. – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. – 191 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Psihosociālā darba vide. – Rīga: LR Labklājības ministrija, 2010. – 191 lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Jayjock M.A., Lynch J.R., Nelson D.I. Risk Assessment Principles for the Industrial Hygiene. - Fairfax: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2000, - Pp.63-83. | ||||||||
| 8 | John P., Tomberlin, Duane Saunders H., Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 1., vol. 2., 3rd ed., The Saunders Group, 1995. | ||||||||
| 9 | Kaļķis V., Roja Ž. „Darba vides riska faktori un strādājošo veselības aizsardzība., Rīga, Elpa, 2001., - 510lpp | ||||||||
| 10 | Kaļķis V., Darba vides risku novērtēšanas metodes.- Rīga: Latvijas izglītības fonds, 2008. – 242 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Matheson MC., Benke G., Raven J., et. al. Biological Dust Exposure in the Workplace is a Risk Factor for Hronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease // Thorax, 2005; 60: 645-651. | ||||||||
| 2 | Maynard A.D., Kuempel E.D. Airborne Nanostructured Particles and Occupational Health // J. Nanopart. Res., 2005; 7(6):587- 614. | ||||||||
| 3 | Maynard A.D., Pui D.,Y. Nanotechnology and Occupational Health: New Technologies – New Challenges // J. Nanopart. Res., 2007; 9:1-3. | ||||||||
| 4 | MacLeod D., MA, MPH, Jacobs Ph, MS, CSP Larson M, MS The Ergonomics Manual, The Saunders Group, Inc., 1990. | ||||||||
| 5 | Occupational Medicine. Editor C. Zenc. Third edition. – St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago: Mosby Year Book Inc., 1994.- 840 p. | ||||||||
